Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 22nd January 2018

Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 22nd January 2018

Solve the Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 22nd January 2018 question set as it covers all important current affairs and news those are important for upcoming IBPS, SSC, Railway exams. You must read Daily Current Affairs and One-liners very carefully.

Q1. Who is appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India ?

A]Purushottam Seth
B]Govind Kumar
C]Om Prakash Rawat
D]Surinder Singh
E]None of them




Q2.Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has left for ____ to attend ____ annual meeting of the World Economic Forum .
A]Germany. 47th
B]Switzerland, 48th
C]US, 49th
D]UK, 50th
E]Japan, 51st


Q3.The first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) of Puducherry is inaugurated by the Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at _____ .
A]Mahe
B]Yanam
C]Pondicherry
D]Karaikal
E]None of these


Q4.Name the state that has signed a MoU with the Clean Authority of Tokyo for Municipal Waste incineration .
A]Telengana
B]Andhra Pradesh
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Himachal Pradesh
E]Jharkhand


Q5.Which Bollywood actress has won the best actor in a leading role (female) in the 63rd Film Fair Award ?
A]Katrina Kaif
B]Alia Bhatt
C]Vidya Balan
D]Anushka Sharma
E]None of them


Q6.Name the new Director General of the National Security Guard .
A]Rahul Kapadia
B]Rohan Pandey
C]Siddharth Sharma
D]Sudeep Lakhtakia
E]None of them


Q7.The 1st Garbage Festival of India is organised in which state ?
A]Bihar
B]Jharkhand
C]Uttar Pradesh
D]Madhya Pradesh
E]Chhattisgarh


Q8.India is ranked ___ among emerging economies on the Inclusive Development Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
A]61st
B]62nd
C]63rd
D]64th
E]65th


Q9.Name the place that is officially named European Capital of Culture 2018.
A]Berlin
B]Amsterdam
C]Valletta
D]Vienna
E]None of these


Q10.Which city of India would get 40 electronic buses to curb the pollution ?
A]Kolkata
B]New Delhi
C]Chennai
D]Mumbai
E]Bengaluru


Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Om Prakash Rawat is appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner. Om Prakash Rawat, who is currently an Election Commissioner, will succeed the outgoing Achal Kumar Joti.

Explanation 2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Davos, Switzerland to attend the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. He would lead the largest-ever Indian delegation comprising Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Explanation 3. The first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) of Puducherry is inaugurated by , Minister for External Affairs Smt. Sushma Swaraj at Karaikal. The POPSK at Karaikal is the 60th POPSK to be functional since the launch of the scheme in January 2017.

Explanation 4. The Telangana government today said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clean Authority of Tokyo in connection with municipal solid waste incineration.

Explanation 5. The award for Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female) was presented to Vidya Balan for 'Tumhari Sulu'. The award was presented by none other than Rekha.

Explanation 6. Senior IPS officer Sudeep Lakhtakia is appointed as the new Director General (DG) of the "black cats" commando force NSG. The officer is currently serving as the Special DG in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquarters New Delhi.

Explanation 7. The Raipur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh has organized the "Kachra Mahotsav 2018". It is India's first Garbage Festival that is aimed to increase awareness, use the waste generated in the city creatively and to showcase multiple techniques to reuse the garbage.

Explanation 8. India is ranked at the 62nd place among emerging economies on the Inclusive Development Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF). As per the report, China is on 26th position and Pakistan is on 47th. Norway remains the world's most inclusive advanced economy.

Explanation 9. A 3D light project which tells Maltese history displays in Prime Minister's Palace in Castile Square of Valletta, Malta. Malta's capital city Valletta was officially named European Capital of Culture for 2018.

Explanation 10. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis approved and tweeted to let 40 electronic buses run on the streets of Mumbai.